INTERMITTENT USE OF BRIGHT LIGHT TO MODIFY THE CIRCADIAN PHASE - Patent 0800415

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EP 0 800 415 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	15.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/42

(21)	Application number: 95943616.0

(22)	Date of filing: 28.11.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61M 21/ 02^{( . )}
A61N 5/ 06^{( . )}

A61M 21/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/015460

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/016697 (06.06.1996 Gazette 1996/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

28.11.1994 US 19940348257

(71)	Applicant: BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
	Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CZEISLER, Charles A., Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 02115 (US) KRONAUER, Richard, E. Cambridge, MA 02138 (US)

(74)	Representative: Marshall, John Grahame, et al
	SERJEANTS 25 The Crescent King Street Leicester LE1 6RX Leicester LE1 6RX (GB)

(54)	INTERMITTENT USE OF BRIGHT LIGHT TO MODIFY THE CIRCADIAN PHASE